essentialism
essentialism
Definition
es·sen·tial·ism (--iz′əm)
noun
Philos. a theory which stresses indispensable conceptual characteristics and relations of things as opposed to existence as particular experienced actuality
es·sen′·tial·ist noun
essentialism
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- strategic: For a definition and critique of strategic essentialism, see Spivak ( 1988 ).
- cultural: The tendency toward authoritarian cultural essentialism is not restricted to the New Right.
- psychological: In both cases, the refusal is part of a case made against psychological essentialism.
- genetic: This, they claim, is evident in everything from discourses of genetic essentialism to the realities of ozone layer thinning.
- authoritarian: The tendency toward authoritarian cultural essentialism is not restricted to the New Right.
- ethnic: A rejection of ethnic essentialism, but still favoring a nation state.
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